How to drill a tap hole in a s/s sink?

abankerbutnotafatcat

keystone wrote: »

But we still haven't got around the plain and simple fact that this sink ain't for fitting in a worktop whatever the tap fitting mechanism turns out to be and its quite clear that OP has got a worktop
that they want to fit it to. So whether the plumber has got a suitable tool or not is irrelevant if the sink that he has turned up to plumb in can't be fitted to the worktop in the first instance.

Cheers

It's fine, it will sit next to the worktop.

abankerbutnotafatcat

keystone wrote: »

I'm not sure of that at all. Perhaps OP could clarify the installation requirement. In earlier posts I noted that this sink is designed to sit on a 600 unit and assumed that as the sink is 38mm deep then the worktop would be butted up to it at original installation. I think OP has an existing worktop in an existing kitchen to retrofit to but I could be wrong. Perhaps they would clarify?

Cheers

You're correct. It's just a little 120cm run in a utility room. It was just a washing machine with a 60cm plain base unit next to it and worktop above but we're putting in a 60cm sink unit and sink next to the washing machine so we've just chopped off half the worktop. It looks pretty good, it'll just be better when it's plumbed in and got a tap attached!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78523497@N08/7156487045/
And yes, we need to decorate, there was a bit of a historic damp problem we inherited from previous owner.

BTW Flag is marking Danish Constitution Day today. Hard-working OH is a Dane.

Thanks to all.:)

keystone

Thank you so I was sort of barking up the wrong tree but as I'm not alone on this thread (but in different subject areas) I feel almost vindicated.

If you are lucky the horizontal structural members of the base will allow (with a little inventiveness and some additional timber) to provide sufficient support such that the tap doesn't wobble about.

Mind you if its a swan necked tap I'd still consider mounting it on the worktop but in your shoes I'd take the advice of your plumber on site.

Cheers

Steve_the_fitter

You should call the plumber before he comes round to yours to find he cant do the job as he hasnt got the right tools

cyclonebri1

googler wrote: »

...because the depth of the worktop is likely to make it exceedingly difficult to tighten the securing nut on the base of the tap, and/or tighten the pipe tails, and/or the OP may find the thread depth on the tap is less than the depth of the worktop.....

No, it won't, you simply need the correct tools for the job, plus it is normal practice, or I should say standard practice with modern taps to attach the pipetails/flexes first. Thats the whole point of them, they enable the tap to be fitted where it would be virtually impossible to connect by rigid pipe.

And given that the OP said tap and not taps, we are talking monobloc here, the type that has a single stud fixing, the stud is supplied long enough to use in any conventional worktop thickness. :beer: